FCC Commences Review of Media Ownership Rules

By |2018-12-21T11:42:39-06:00December 21st, 2018|Legal News|

On December 12, 2018, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or the “Commission”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) commencing the 2018 Quadrennial Review of the Commission’s media ownership rules.  The FCC is required under Section 202(h) of the Communications Act to review most of its broadcast ownership rules every four years to determine whether...… Continue Reading

Court of Appeals Denies Rehearing on Multilingual EAS Obligations for Broadcasters

By |2018-02-16T09:54:53-06:00February 16th, 2018|Legal News|

As we wrote here, MMTC (a DC-based public interest group) had petitioned the US Court of Appeals for a Rehearing on its decision (about which we wrote here) upholding the FCC decision deciding not to impose any multilingual EAS obligations on broadcasters.  The full Court of Appeals has just issued a one sentence order denying...… Continue Reading

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